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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOGSE OF P!ERS, ERIDAY, JAN. 20. Lord W.AI.SINGHAM presented a Petition from Lord Borringdon, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to grant him a Divorce,--4be Petition was re ceived; the Bill brought in, and read a first time. Colonel DRINKWATER presented the Seventh and Bighth . Reports of Military Inquiry. Ordered to be printed. Lord' LIVDRPOOL presented the t c Papers onneged with the late Overtures for Pence, made by the Ent; peror Alexander and' •the , Ruler of France. His Lordship.observed,' that he had already. mentianed the day which he proposed to take them into 'consideration, viz, Thursday, next ; and .he then moved, that their Lordships be summoned for- that day, and, for Monday next. . . Several Catisei were proposed to bel)eArd. Adjourned till Nlonday; HU (JSZ OF commoNs, VKIPAY ) JAN. O. A. new Writ Was ordered for the' Borough of Westport, iu the room of Mr. G. Wynne, who .had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. Gu ANT presented the 7th and stl► Reports of the Commissioners of Mititaiy Inquily, which were oßlefed to be printed. The Gland Committees of Relii,.;irm, Privileges; &c. were appointed, and the usual Standing Orders of the House were renewed. COI RESPONDENC WI Th FRANCE. AND tigsi it. • • ' Mr. Secretary ext4AING presentd the 'Com. spondence hetwen his:Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Count Nicola% de Ituntanzoff, and M. tie Chumpagny.. Ordered to he,printed. Mr. C4IO4ING gave notice, that on Thursday next he would wove to take those Rapers into con sideration. BOAnI) (),F INQUI It Y. . Lord H. PETTY, presumingspon the statement made by the Noble Lord opposite last night, of his readiness to atibrd • all possible intormation on the sobjed of the Convention of Cintra, would, with his portnissjou, move fr4r the production of the Report of the hoard. of Inquiry, and ; the documents there to annexed; with the intention, on the earliest pos sible dAyattei these Papers should be printed, to call the attention of the House to the traniaCtion. If the Noble Lord therefore had no objeClion to his mak ing the motion at the present moment, he would tlo so ; he wiiited to ask the N9We Lord whether such a motion would have the die& of including in the Return to it a statement .of that " formal dis approbation" expressed in his Majesty's Speech of yeSterduy. .Lord Cikstwitt4Qtl could have no possible ob ieCtion to the motion, 811)6(419 'as he ,was that the ,Eubjeci should meet with the •eorliest .and futlest vestigatiOn ; Ito apPrehended, that if the Noble Lord confined his motion to the uroc'eedings, of the Board; it would , not include his Majesty's opinion on the willed.. • lie theretbre, huggsted that home otoclitication of the motion shotAld tak e plac e f or t h at purpose. • .• • - , Atter a bliort. conversation , between Lord FL PETTY,.Lord qnsTLEalimsn, and Mr. RYDER, Lord ,H,,•Rivrry's *motion was agreed to,. with :his ad .and, of any ptdceedings on the said Re port." , , - 'ln answer to '3 •question from Lord PETTY, 10 111 U p (A)able time whet) these Papers prL:sented t , ) HoUSW he rfIANC4LOIt of tics ExClll,Ciulit observed, that from their volu minous 'nature it would probably require some day.; to prepare tAtem ; but th 4 time should be lot in givio4 tlvp peyessary direelioua, for tip* pro du WWI., • riIiViATE DILLS. the • O O. the Motion of the CHANCELLOR. Of -tx cuto.unn, the House resolved that they would not receive any Petitions for Private Bills atter the 24th of 14'ebrnary ; that they, would not receivs.. any Prj vilte Bills niter the 27th of March; and, that they would not teerive any Reports of Private'Bills after the nth of May next.- 7 , Theae Restlutions were oi deied to be printed.. T►►E coNiNfivupgit cHIEF, r INA it 1.) I:: LI. gave not ice, timt on F t id a y h o wOuld suni:iit to thlj lit n.O a motion relittiv'e to the condu6t of his Aoyat Highnels the Duke of York, Conunandvr in (Thief of tilt, British 'Army, with respect to the granting of Conintissions, the nulk ing of Lischtinges, putt the rinsing of Levies tar the REGULAR FORM Lord MILTON, in eonatquence of the notice that 1 . ..+A yesterday given by a Noble Lord 'of his in tention,. ‘ 4 1 ,r',1::! , ...L1y, to move for leave to bring in . a Bill for the improyermliii Ratillli a 7J'Entation of The Regular Army of the Country, and in consequence o f an, apprehension which bad gone .abroad, that anginentation was to Ile elreele4 Oy 4 volun teering horn the Militia, wished to'know. from the Noble Lord whetim or not it was his intention to Iropose such a measure, • Lord CATELKRUAGII observed, that it was totally unusual, on giving notice of a motion, to state any thing further' than tie object cat that motion; and dedincd, at viesent, from entering into the mode in whiLli he meant to 'ell•;s6t the object of the Bill, which he had it in contemplation to submit to the tiouse, Mr. Wityrap?An rentirlied, that nothing. .was m a r : noinnion than for an Hon. Nlerobier to be called the nature of .any - motion upon to slate, explialy, of which he gay es no6,e, .• The r, decided, that although in giving notice of a motion, tire object ought to be clistittelly stated, the rtdci tit the Home would not evensnift-r any .details to be enieied into with re ispcot to- the mode in which,it watt intended to carry tliat object into effect. tore observitioni on the various topics which it em 'braced.-lorinstance, while he heartily. concurred in the prOpriety of rejecting the terms upon which the last offer of negociation 'was made, he, by no means meinito declare it as his opinion, that this , country ought never to consent to the commence ment of another negotiation, while Spain should . continue in the hands of the rench..Government.— On the !subject of Sweden also, he conceived that there was mach room for furthef remark. 'We might probably be paying our 100,0001. a month. merely for the . purpose of having that sum used (however reluciantly).by_Sweden to assist in . the bn deivi.i.ur to exclude .us from the' Baltic. He con= denmed the levity with which the' subjects of Spain and Portugal had last night been treated by the Geotletnen opposite. Those Gentlemen did not 'think they could possibly be called upon to answer for their conduct as culprits. • 'When the day of in vestigation should crotne, he hoped that they would be able to exculpate themselves; but if :it should torn out that the. country was involved in a very great calanrity—if the result should be that one Of the first atones that this country could ever boast, would be compelled to pass s!ib,frireu, thenunques- tionably it wu',.rld becOme a matter of serious inves, tigation, whether • the fault lay with those who planned, or with those' who ,executed ; for to one of 113 . e patties it must necessarily attach. • The Report was then read a second time and agreed to, and the Address ordered to be presented to his Majesty by such MeMbers of the House as were of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. ADDItEsS TO 111 S MA iIiSTY. "Mei-lon. Mr. Routtisos.. brought up the Report of the Address, witieh was read a first" time, On the 'notion fur the second reading, W..Srarra took the, opportunity of briefly clpregsing 'his sentinnents on the subject. in con turring with the Addiess,, he, by no means, undser iood himself to be precluded twill making any L. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM SP4IN. We:are at length eni - Ibled to relievethe_ public .anxiety respeaing the situation of the British 'Army in Spain. Government thid morning received Dis patches froth Sir Jou Nlnuatt; dated corunna the tilt instant: They stale, that he .had effeiSied his retreat to that plied with the whole of his Army, except lour thousand men, in perfea order aid that lie _was waiting there for the Tiatisports from Vigo to embark, if it should be fougd ne cessary. They also state, that the four thousand men to which we alluded above, had reached Vigo under the command of General CRAuruitn, and had embarked there. During the retreat of our Army it had several skirmishes with the Enemy, but none of any greatimportance ; we have, how. ever, ,the Eiatisfa&ion or Imming, that in -.ail of them oar Troops had decidedly the advantage.— It is also stated, that a large French force had ad- cancel to the neighbourhood of Corunna, under the command of General,SouLT, and they weielielually in sight of Corunna, on the hills. In addition to the important intelligence contain. ed in these dispatches, ♦ve have derived important infOrmatioti, from tour French 'Wieling, to 'the -2d instant, which have reached this country. They 4,4 dated at Astorip, at which plate BUONAPiItTP. was on the v.d, the date of the last lialletio, it is hardly necessary to state, that they are full of th mbst extravagant exaggerations. 'BUONAPARTE says, that he Irs forced the English to fly; that he has taken their baggage, and that he shall leave to Marshal SOULT the honour of driving them into the yea ! From this atatcintot., it appeori that EvoNA• PARTS did not think it prudent to advance further than Astorga I indeed he bad very pressing reasons for retracing his steps to the Southward, for accounts have been received that the Duke INPANTADA, pro ' fitting by the diversion occasioned by our, Troops, had advanced with ,‘ formidable Army, had taken Madrid, and driven Jowl' BUONAPARTEand , all the French out of that City. It is also stated that GeOeral PALAVOX had obtained anothet vietory over the French at Saragossa. We have also received Spanish Papers to the 14th, from which we have extracted some interest- ing details. They announce the arrival of the English Army at Cornitna, and state that the French have burnt Benevente, and that they threaten to serve Astorga in the same manner. They also add, but- we trust without foundation s that the French hat:p Imo tiered all the Foglish prix holfqrs. 'tta Papers adverted to in His Majesty's Speech respeCting the Proposition made from Erfurth, for the opening of a Negotiation, were last night laid before both .Houses of Pailiament, and our Readers will tind them in our subsequent Columns. When we announced .to the public the termination of the Correspondence between this Country and FranCe, we stated our opinion that a refusal on the part of is'rance . to let. Spain participate in the Negotiation, was the point upon which the Intercourse broke off; and upon a,perusal of the Papers; we find that our opinion was perfeelly well founded ! BCONAL'AItTE not otdy refused to permit Spain to become a party to the Negotiation, but couched his refusal in terms of such marked ,insult, that no doubt can now exist, cvcn in the:minds of those who admire him most, as to the objet which induced hits i to make the proposal. His object was not peace with this Coun try, but to deprive Spain. of all assistance, and of all hopes of assistance, front Great Britain. In order to accomplish that objeol, he would most readily have entered, into a.Negotiation with us, which he would have spun out until his . objeet was accomplished, that is to say, until Spaiq was conquered, and then he would . have put' an end to the,. farce, and favoured us with his undivided attention in the continuance of the War. The Ministers of this Country were riot to be imposed . upon by so obvious an artifice, and having ascertained the object of .13tioNkt;totru, by an infallible test, they put ato end to thth Negociation. , We cannot close our observations upon this sub . jea without calling the attention. of our Readers to the Note, No. 15, si g ned CHAMrAOOY, ,bOeOUSe think it bears.the strongest: intrinsic 'evidence that it was itiritten by BUONAPAItTE. The style is so coarse,' so vulgar, so undiplomatic, and the rea"Soia=' ing so absurd, that we are , surc it 'never" Could have proceeded frfrom CIIAMPAQNY. NO pip but r file Usurper . of France would haVe talked:of the King who 9•ei4ms in Sweden, the King who i reigns in Si cily, and the King who reigns in thi,j3razils : but BUOI(APAItT'S scents to talte as much pleasure in in siilting the feelings as he (flies iii violating the rights of mankind.' . , His stated in a Morning Paper, that 46,000 of French had taken a dircEtion from Talavera de le Reypa, south-west 'towards Merida and B,adajos, and had entered Elvas, on the Frontiers of Portugal that,' in consequence, 'so strong an alarm had been . excited at Lisbon, that the.sick and wounded were. conveying with, all possible expedition on board the Transports in the Tagtis. The same Paper mentions .a rumour, that the 4cth regiment, which was advancing from Portugal upon Leon, .to join Slr J. Mootta, bad beep intercepted by the, Enemy, Upon what authority the I Paper in question has made this statement, -we do ,not know, but we are happy in being able .to assure the Pubic, upon the most unquestionably authority, that there is pot the slightest foundation foranypart of it. The force with which the French advanced towards the fron-• tiers of Parnigal, instead of AG,OOO men, did not exceed 6000'; • and, instead of entering Portugal , not one Frenchman had advanced further` towards Portugal; than the Bridge of Almarez. With re sped to the repot' that the 40th Regiment had been taken, we are alsO happy in assuring the PubliC that it is in fort De la Lippe in the most perfed safety. • Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, the Lon) CHAUBEIttAIN waited upon his MAJESTY with the Address of 'the Douse of Lords, • lu a short time after his MAJESTY' ser off for. Windsor. About twelve o'cioelc-her MAJESTY and the pluNciissEs followed his IVlAJusry. A most important change in the dposal of Militia is about to be eifeeted. All the English Mi litia Regiments are to be sent to Ireland, 'and the jrish Militia will do duty in this country,. Every .effort is to be made to raise the militar y . force of the country to the most respeaable footing, and Ministers have dtterrnined upon opposing an armed nation to any altempta at iniasion. SECOND EDITION. SUMOFFICE, RALF PAST TWO O'CLOCX, P. M. We stop the Press to lay before our Headers substance_of 'the. French Bulletins, received this morning. THE TWENTY-FIRST BULLETIN begins wit,han account of the entranceof the Eng lish into Spain, on the 29th 08ober, and gives a detail of our operations to the taking of 'General LergsvitE, on . the 29th December. On the 'Bth Dec. BcONANOTE'S head-quarter; were at Valder3s, the Marshal SouLT at Mancilia, and the Marshal NiY at Villafer. The weather is v ery bad ; vte suffer; but the En,g- lish spfrermore. TAVGNTV-SECOND BULLETIN. BENAVENTE, Dec. 21.7-The head-quarters of the French were here yesterday. The Marshal BES' SIMMS passed through' Benavente on the 30th at night, and pursued the enemy to Puente. The flight of the ,English is so quick, that they leave their sick and wounded in the hospitaii, and shoot their horses that were fatigued or_ wounded --they have also been obliged Ito burn a superb magazine of cloathing, &c. All the Germans iu the service of the English desert. The Frerich army will be thiO evening rtt Astoria, and near the confines.of Galicia, 51 . 12. A. wELLEsLEy and GENERA E. STEWART. Mr. Wimp: TEAR was anxious to be informed, by the Noble Lord opposite, as to the situation of two .very respeaable Members of that House: . fie wisli cd to know whether that Noble Lord's gallant rela, tion, General Stewart, still retained his agice•of finder Secretary of State for the War Dept tment and whether Sir 4. Wellesley si ill retained his office of chief Secictary for Ireland ? it not, he wished to be informed at what period those two distin guished Officers discontinued to hold those situa tions ? Lord CAsmitnEAun rqlied, that General Stewart was certainly still in legal possession of his office, for which, it any blame was attributable, it was attri butable to himself (Lord C.) alone, ilia he could inform the Hon. Gentleman, that from the moment that Officer quitted Portsmouth, he deelined4eceiv. ing any of the emoluments which arose from' , his civil situation. With rope& to Sir A.Wellesley, he did certainly consider that he was ;alba present mo ment its pOSSCS4IOII, stud discharging the funaiong of the Chief Secretaryship for Ireland. Mr,WurrattnAn made a fewobservations on the inconvenience to which the Public Service Must be liable, by alloWing the persons holding such offices, .and particularly that of Sir A. Welkgsley, to be,so long absent from their duty ; but we did not under stand the 'Hon. MeMber to intimate any intention of founding a Parliamentary proceeding on the subj e ct, Adjourned .to Monday. • MAILS. Aitiklyzn—a Dublin. r Dua—s Gottenburgh t i Nlalta, 1 thibliti, 6 Watcarni. PRICE OF STOCKS SHIT DAY AT TWiLLVA O'CLOCK. eonsois . .65 p i Red. Ann. ~ 65 THE S UN. sotam QUill DICER& FALSUM AUDEAT ? L O. N D 0 /V, fiATURDAY, JANUARY VI, 18u9. TWENTY-THIRD BULLETIN. BEcEvENTE, JAN. I.—The rti;ushal Sousa or - • rived at Mancini on the alai, whicirwas_ (=Tie d by the enemy's ieft•wiug-under ROMANA. 'Gen. lenkscEsciti overthrew them with asiiig,le charge;—killed many ; they lost one Colonel, two Lieutenant-Colonels, 50 Officers and 1503 men. On the 3ist, Maishal SOULT putered Leon. Marshal BESSIERES, with 900 cavalry, is pursuing the Englishwe have taken eOO waggons o f K. gage lei on the road to I\. , storga.--ROIIANA I S rertl 3lls have thrown themselves into Astorga. General Si. CYR has joined General DVIIE SI4 .' Thatlunetion has raised his army to 40,Q00.' King of Spain has gone to AranjoeT, in order to view the first corps, commanded by the Duke Ut TWENTY.FOURTII BULLETIN. ASTORGA J JAN. 2.—The Emperor arrived her : on the Ist. The road from Beneventp to Astorgii. is covered with dead English horses, waggons, grid; caissons. On the road feam Astorga to "Villa Franca, Gen l6 ral COLA EST, commigiclisig tbp adviloced park Made tWoo prisonprs t 3 t - The Emperor has charged the puke of Paimatia' with thellorions mission of pursuing the English to their point of debarkation, and of throw n 4 them into the sea. General &T. CYR has entered tiarcelona ; the Dukesof cornegliz:no and Treviso hove invested Saragossa, and taken possession of Monte l'errero with little.loss. Generai S*ass,t4i.l.4 . haying paised the, Tagus oq the 24th, at Arzobislio . , has attacked and routes the remains of the Estratnaduran arwy. Genera' yALEbrci; has the Tagus oNer the hridge.. Altnaraz. • • • • THIRD EDITION, SIIN OFFICE, Tiutzg.o'cLoci; P. M. the l'fecus . to, vomit) u nicate to. our Aeader the. following Bqllon,, which h i s ju6t been . ilsqed BULLETIN. lirigadier-Gen, STowar arrived' this rnorplog at Lord castlereagh's Office, in Downing-streeti ; with Dispatches. from Sir J. Moovs, dated, borunna t = he,l3th inst. n 1 place he had direele4 his match, instead, Of 'Vigo,. as I.l'o 40 originally in' tended. " Sir JOHN MooRE had efie6ted his retreat, Wl th . the loss of only part of his b aggage . These been repeated skirmishes with., the rearguard, which we had uniformly repulsed the Enemy, oil j at Lugb Sir J, MOORE ()tiered the enemy 1)3 10° ' Which they declined.. ". the enemy, when; Brigadier General STEI,FAIa left Corunna, were in force in the neighbour' hood; but it 'was trusted . that Sir' JOHN I‘lo°' would effe& his re-embarkation without much 100 , as the Transportr. 'which he - had sent for from Vig° were entering the Bay at Corunna when T.I STEWART Balla", Earl MotaA took his . seat in the House of Tee" on Thursday last, as Baron HASTINGS, in right o f the old Baroniea which bath devolved to his Lordshsl i on the death of his moTher, the lute Dowager Cool" tess of M O I RA . His Lordship's eldest SOII bears 1 " . title of HUNGERPURD. The ()aloe of Inspeetor-Generol of the Recruit ing Service, said,. to be now held by Mr. JO WHITELOCK, the ci-devant General, was abolish " in the summer of 18b7, when that General wol employed on the Expedition to South America ; and the duties of the said Office.r were then„ mm►d hare ever since remained, incorporated with those. of .0 1° Adjutant-General.